issues

= **A Checklist for Technology Leadership** = ||
 * **Addressed?** || ** Consideration ** || ** Details ** || ** Resources ** ||
 * || Equity of quality access || You can’t easily fix the digital divide outside school, but are you helping alleviate this issue as it relates to equity of quality technology use across each classroom? Does every student, regardless of teacher placement, have equal opportunity for higher-order uses of technology? || leaders.wikispaces.com/equity ||
 * || Understand and use data || Technologists should be certain that tech initiatives aren’t based on whim and gadgets of the day. Do you know //why// you’re teaching podcasts in your district? || http://pewinternet.org ||
 * || Effective professional development || “Workshops” are fine in certain situations. We must not confuse “how-to tutorials” with deeper or ongoing improvement efforts || http://www.nsdc.org ||
 * || Appropriate modeling || Modeling and **using** the approach you’re promoting speaks volumes. If you say that technology helps differentiate, then prove it! || http://www.edutopia.org ||
 * || Establish a common vision || Does everyone speak the same language and work toward the same ultimate goals? Does everyone “see” where technology can help take us? || http://profilerpro.com ||
 * || Reward and encourage innovation || Do we encourage, praise, reward those who move forward, innovate, show growth? Are some of your non-techies at this conference? || http://www.iste.org ||
 * || Genuine reflection || Beyond the “what did you think of the workshop” and more toward the “can you email back what you’d need for part B of this professional development opportunity?” || http://docs.google.com ||
 * || Student-driven technology || Students are less likely to disengage when they’re able to offer expertise. || http://genyes.com ||
 * || Participation in a professional learning network || Do you rely only on yourself or journals? How about peers in your district? Even better, have you added additional layers beyond your immediate surroundings? || http://www.twitter.com
 * 1) edchat
 * 2) edtech ||
 * || //Your topic is…?// || //Why is that important?// || //Resource?// ||